Software Developer (Internship) at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Job Objectives

• A junior software developer, with experience, is likely to progress to senior software developer and later to software architect or similar.
• Other opportunities for promotion could include team lead or manager.

Responsibilities

• Discussing clients requirements and proposed solutions with a senior developer (for developers at mid-skill level and below)
• Writing and testing code
• Collaborating with other developers
• Using development tools (see below)
• Development tools are used by software developers to write and test code, often as a team. Common development tools include: integrated development environments (eg Eclipse, IntelliJ): for writing and editing code.
• Source control management (eg Git, SVN, Mercurial): to enable teams to work together to manage changes to source code.
• Issue management systems (eg Jira): for managing a list of issues or improvements
• Test driven development: for writing code to test your code.
• Deployment (eg Jenkins, Hudson): for ensuring the latest software release is packaged correctly, tested and deployed to an application server.

Qualifications
Key Skills & Competencies:

• Mathematical aptitude
• Problem-solving skills
• Programming languages (different types of developer role require different languages)
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• An understanding of the latest trends and their role in a commercial environment
• Teamwork skills
• Self-development skills to keep up to date with fast-changing trends

Academic Qualification:

• There are routes into software development for fresh graduates. Degrees in computer science, software development or similar are usually preferred.

Salary
Attractive